For the discussion of self-defence, martial arts, etc. Anyone want to help mod it?
I can’t mod, but I take it you know a thing or two about martial arts.
Is there a run down you could provide for the sheer basic principles of self defense? Or is it only realistic to join one of those MA organizations? They seem to be quite expensive, so I am hoping you could provide the former.
Sorry, I need to learn basic self defense but don’t know where to start.
Those are good questions. It’s optimal to train with other people to develop a higher level if skill through exposure to scenarios, developing timing, etc. If it’s at all possible I would recommend joining a good school. That said, it’s also essential to be able to learn and train yourself. We need to be students as well as our own teachers and be self-motivated about improving ourselves.
My understanding of self-defence is that at its core is the sheer basic principle of survival. The whole point of self-defence is to survive and the best self-defence outcome is to avoid fighting at all. That said, there will be times when the correct move is to fight, for whatever reason. At that point it follows from the principle of survival that we are entitled to strike with overwhelming violence to get away and survive. Therefore, it is necessary to learn and train our weapons to make survival possible.
